elect
/ɪˈlɛkt/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables
Elect means: selected as the best.
Synonyms for elect4
What does elect mean?5
adjective
1
selected as the best“an elect circle of artists”
2
elected but not yet installed in office“the president elect”
noun
1
an exclusive group of people“one of the elect who have power inside the government”
verb
1
select by a vote for an office or membership“We elected him chairman of the board”
2
choose“I elected to have my funds deposited automatically”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with elect?36
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Elect in a sentence
- In a democracy, the people elect their government officials directly.shekitten
- Your club needs to elect officers: president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.Chevere33
- In our city, the people elect the mayor.sundown
- When you elect clowns, you're going to get a circus.rul
- Electing to upgrade the computer lab, the university library went slightly over the budget.papabear
- We will elect whoever we believe is worthy.unknown
- Will they elect him for four more years?Source_VOA
- They elect their representatives in a voting booth.Source_VOA
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Forms of elect
as a verb
- past tense
- elected
- present participle
- electing
- third-person singular
- elects
- past participle
- elected